The second leg of the Uefa Champions League quarter final between Atletico Madrid and Manchester City takes place on Wednesday and @Olimp_SA have a preview including suggested bets.
Atletico Madrid vs Man City Preview: of April, 21:00
The Citizens will be looking to build one their 1-0 first-leg lead as they travel to the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium to face Atletico Madrid in their second leg of the Champions League Quarter Finals.
Atletico Madrid
Atletico Madrid have showed us a glimpse of their defensive football when they knocked out Manchester United in the Round of 16 and they doubled down on that approach last week on the blue side of Manchester. The defensive play has nearly worked for them, until 2 minutes after coming on as a substitute Phil Foden, from a brilliant bit of play, picked out Kevin De Bruyne inside the area and the Belgian had no problems tucking the ball away to Manchester a 1-goal lead.
Simeone`s approach was pretty obvious as he tried to minimize the damage against a goal-scoring machine like City and rather take charge at home in Madrid, but after failing to register a single attempt on goal the Spanish side received some backlash for the “hanging-on” performance. Atleticodid not do their confidence any good over the weekend as they went down to an unexpected 1-0 defeat to Mallorca. Playing in front the home crowd, the onus will be on Atletico Madrid will be to go all out for the victory and this will certainly be an exciting game to watch.
Manchester City
The Citizens dictated the play in Manchester and even broke through a fully parked Atletico defence. Manchester City have since played out a captivating clash against fellow title contenders Liverpool over the weekend which ended in a 2-2 draw with Kevin De Bruyne yet again finding the back of the net, followed by a goal from Gabriel Jesus.
Going to Madrid Pep will be aware that Atletico will not play the same dormant football in front of the home fans as they did in the first leg, but that clash against Liverpool has shown that the Manchester outfit are more than capable of handling an attacking side. Overall, they are looking exceptional in all aspects of their play and whether Simeone will decide to park the bus or go all out attack, Man City will find a way to capitalize either way.
Verdict
With Diego Simeone it is hard to predict which approach he will take on Wednesday night. Although they are not packing their bags just yet, Manchester City have showed their ability to break down a deep defensive line as well as manage to find the back of the net against a dangerous side. Whichever way Atletico will decide to play, I think Pep will find ways secure a spot in the Champions League semi-finals.
BetOlimp Best Bets
Kevin De Bruyne to score anytime – 2.90
Note, odds are correct at the time of writing, but are subject to change.
All of this week's Champions League markets are available here.
Good luck!
